Car-door.



S. P. MASSEY.

GAR noon, APPLICATION F-IL ED JAN. 28, 190B.

Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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= SOLON MASSEY, OF LAKE MILL S IOWA.

H oannoonf he. 905,445. r 1 I To all whom it may concern: fB-e it knov'virlthat I, 'SoLoN P. MA SEY, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Lake a, Mills, thecounty" of'lviimehago and State flows, lieve invented certain new and use tut Improvements in Car-l)oors, of which the lowingis a, specification. is inventioncomprehends certain new andusefulfl improvementsfin car-doors, and the invention has for its object an improved construction of sectional car door that 'Will do away with thenecessity of an extra or grain door that is now commonly employed in freight cars,the invention providing improved means whereby the upper section of the doorway he moved'to an inoperative position andheld supported on the main or l-ower section of; the door when it is desired to maintain the-"upper portion of the door Wayopen;

The invention eonsists in certain constructions, arrangements, and, combinations of the parts. thatl shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

- For ai ull understanding of the invention, reference is :to he had to the following des ription: and accompanying drawings, in. which? i' Y i v Figure 1 1s a face view of a car doorcoxr structed in accordance with the principles ot my invcntiongJFig; Qis-a transverse sectional vie-W thereof, .--With the removable upper door section in closed position; Fig. 3 is s similanview, with theupper sections oi the-"door supported in lower position on the lower section of the door; Fig. i is a detail ional v." w of thelo er endof the main door section-pan c! a detail perspeo 5 es;- illustrating the hinged connection efupper door section and its is a detail perspective view v it locking means for the upper, part of the lower" door section.

Cori spending and like parts are referred to inthe "(illdWiligdescription and indicated ew's of the drawings by the same rector." I to the drawings, the numeral? 1 the lower sill or timber of a W 4 th lppe r door sill ortimher and 3 hood of nydesired construction and de Specification of Letters Patent.

in in which my invention is em dto project out frointhe doora i Patented Dec. 1 1908, I

Application filed January 28, 1908. Serial in); 413,048;

way in the customary manner to protect the door from theaction of the elements and to form a water shed.

l 4 designates an upper supporting rail which extends along the outside of the car above the door-Way; and 5 designates suspension members which in the present instance are inthe form'of chains mounted to slide along the upper supporting rail 4 and suspended therefrom. The lower ends of these suspension members or chains 5 are connected to the metallic straps ,6, said straps in turn being attached at their lower ends to the main or lower door 7, ahd projecting outwardly slightly from the outer face of thedoor, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, the upper ends of the straps 6 being preferably flared outwardly and connected directly to the lower ends of the chains 5.

The main or lower door 7 is provided at its lower edge with any desired number oi: hinges thatare constructed in three leaves or sections 8, 9 and 10. 'llhe sections 8 are secured in an desired Way to the lower edge o f the door 7, While the sections 10 are formed with transversely extending openings by Which they are mounted upon a lower supporting rail'fll secured to the lower door sill or timber l. and projecting outwardly thei 'etronn Preferably; the sections or, leaves 10 of the hinges are providedwith rollers designed to bear upon the lower supporting rail 11 to reduce friction when the dooris slid sidewise on the rail. Each section lO-of the hinges is formed With a slot 13 designed to receive an apertured lug 14; on the corresponding section 8. In the normally closed position of the door '4', between. the janihs ofthe door way,'thesections 9 of the twohinges assume an inclined position, as shown, with the sections 10 out of direct ,engageinentwith the sections 8. in order to open-the door, it is onlynecessary to grasp the handles 15 secured thereto near the lower end thereof and pull the door outwardly and slightly"upwardly, so that the sections 8 will he ein-ought towards the sections 10 of the hinges and the apertured lugs 14 in sortedv through the slots 13, whereupon wedges or any other fastening means may be inserted through the lugs 14% so as to 1naintain the door held in an outward position uponthe sections 10 of the hinges and away from the "do or-way: so that the entire door may be slid'to' one side; it being,of course, underst'ood that/the chains or other flexible suspension members 5 are sufficiently slack to permit thls operation-R I hen the door .7 is swung inwardly into the door-way "andfagainst the jambs, it may be heldlocked in this position by meansof the-wedge-shaped bolts'16-that are secured at'their inner ends to the pivoted plates 17,

a handle 18' being secured to said plate to ings 23 adapted to fit over dowels or lugs '24 projecting up from the upper edge of the lowerdoor 7, so as to hold the uppervdoor.

securely in the door-way supported on the upper edge of the lower door. The upper door section 21 has a preferably hinged'con 'nection atits lower edge with a forked handle 25, the cross bar of said handle being formed with a handle extension 26 arranged to fit over the sealing staple 19, so that the handle may be sealed atone and the-same operation with the handle 18 of the latches- 16. By the provision of the handle 25.it is obvious that the upper section 21 of the door may be actuated to secure it in "closed position or remove ittherefrom.at 'a. point.

below the car floor, as for instance, a station platform, or even the ground. In open position, the uppersection -21 of the door is designed to be slipped downwardly into the brackets 6 and thus supported on the .outer side of the main or lower door In the preferred -con's truction,-the keepers to receive the latches 20 are formed with 'jaws designed to receive ,a wedge shaped or other pin, the jaws being farther apart than the width of the latch bar on "the door, because in opening the door, when the handles 15 are pulled upwardly, the hinges raise the door, and allowance must be made in the fastenings 20 for this upward movement, otherwise the door would stick;

It is to be understood that there is room enough at the extreme top of the upperdoor to permit the same being raised off of the lugs 24 before it can'be dropped into the holder 26. Preferably, the hinged connection between the handle and the upper door is of the butt variety, as illustrated in Fig. 5,

I so as to permit the upper door'to swing outwardly to only a limited ,extent,.thus rendering easy the operation of moving or apply "ing the upper door. In closingthe door,

the last step is to slip the .hole "'in. the

handle 18 over the staple'19, and then slip.

the handle 26 over the staple 19, and finallyinserting a pin and sealing the-same,

Having thus ,described the inventionwhat is claimed as new is':

1. In a car door, the combination offs;

door, suspension members for said door; a

support for saidj member's and'upIon 'which they are mounted "for lateral "movement, a door secured to'said members, a lower sup; porting rail, and ashinged sliding ,connec-.

tion between the door and lower supporting 'rail, said hinged connection" embodying hinges comprising "a leafmounted to travel on the supporting. rail, another 'leaf se'cured to the door and an intermediate leaf secured -to the other two leaves for movementin a' vertical plane, and means for securing the' first named two leaves rigidly together with the intermediate leaf inla substantially vereach of which is constructed of' an inter.-

mediate section andatwo other sections secured thereto, one of said other sections being attached to the door and the other mounted to travel on the rail, and means for rigidly connecting said two other-sections together. 4

. 3. ha car door, the combination of. upper and lower supporting. rails, a'door section, suspension 'members connected to said door section and having a movablesupport upon the upper rail, and hinges connecting the lower edge of said door section withthe, lower rail, each ofv said hinge'sembodying a leaf secured to the door section and formed with an aperturedlug, another leaf mounted to travel on the lower supporting rail and formed with a slotde'signedto receive said lug, and an intermediate section pivotally connected to the other two sections. 1

4:. In a car door, the combination of a door, suspension members connected thereto, a support upon which said suspension mein; bers are mounted to movein asidewise dl? rection, asu'ppOrting rail, and a hingedcon- 'nection between the door and the supportingrail, said connection embodying hingeseach. of which comprises a leaf mounted to travel on the -rail, another leaf attached to the door and an intermediate leaf secured to the other, two leaves for movement in a vertical'plane,

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the leaf that is attached to the doorbeing formed with an apertnn'ed lnti and flie firet I section and adapted. to extend downward 1y leaf being formed wi aslot to re therefrom on the outer side of the lower ceive said lug. I door section.

. 5.111 a car door, the combination of I a In testimony whereof I aflix my signature lower main door section, means for 'support- I in presence of two Witnesses.

ing 'the Same, an upper removable door sec- I SOLQN P. MASSEY, [11. st]

' tion adapted to rest on the upper edge of Witnes.;- =f

the door section, and a forked handle havingo OSUAR'i'ijfiNIE, a hinged. connection with the upper door'l A W. Wxxmm. 

